What aviation related pressie did santa bring you?
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I got a GPS, and so far I have managed to confirm that my front room is actually in the town I thought it was - smack bang in Gatwick's area, so hopefully I won't be seeing the same thing when flying!!!!!!
Looking out the window now, it seems like it will be a long time before I get to use it in anger............
Looking out the window now, it seems like it will be a long time before I get to use it in anger............
Join Date: Jan 2003
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A 2003 VFR Flight Guide.
So now I can sit & dream about all the places to visit.
It was the one that comes with 5 free landings and last year, I never managed to use any of them, even though one was just up the road and the other was next door to the in-laws.
So now I can sit & dream about all the places to visit.
It was the one that comes with 5 free landings and last year, I never managed to use any of them, even though one was just up the road and the other was next door to the in-laws.
A flying budget for 2003 would have been good !! - some hope with the way the US/UK stockmarkets look now and are likely to stay for 2003 
Oh well, with the weather the way it is in the Southern UK at the moment, it looks like I'd be better off saving my pennies for now anyway.
The Clubs/GA airfields must really be struggling.
Oh well, with the weather the way it is in the Southern UK at the moment, it looks like I'd be better off saving my pennies for now anyway.
The Clubs/GA airfields must really be struggling.
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A 2002 VFR Flight Guide courtesy of Kolibear...well he now has the 2003 edition. At least I can try and decipher what it all means before I need to use it for real .... Oh, and a very basic hand held Flight Sim thingy from a "friend" who has obviously been watching my landings.
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I was looking the summary of "The Killing Zone" on Amazon today. It said that it's the first 250 hours which are the most dangerous.
I'm sure I've heard elsewhere that it's actually the period between about 200 and 500 hours that sees the most accidents, the reasoning being that for the first couple of hundred hours you realise how little you know and take extra care. After two or three hundred hours you start to think that you've got the hang of it and get complacent.
The second theory actually sounds more convincing. Does anyone know the actual stats?
I'm sure I've heard elsewhere that it's actually the period between about 200 and 500 hours that sees the most accidents, the reasoning being that for the first couple of hundred hours you realise how little you know and take extra care. After two or three hundred hours you start to think that you've got the hang of it and get complacent.
The second theory actually sounds more convincing. Does anyone know the actual stats?
CFS 3 - from my son - who has been playing it more often than me (obviously)
Pooleys 2003 - (boringly similar to 2002)
Navbox Proplan (after advice from these pages)
Destination Disaster
Since I am in the same "boat" so to speak as Stik n R (EGTO) - it looks like I will have plenty of opportunity to play with all three!
Pooleys 2003 - (boringly similar to 2002)
Navbox Proplan (after advice from these pages)
Destination Disaster
Since I am in the same "boat" so to speak as Stik n R (EGTO) - it looks like I will have plenty of opportunity to play with all three!
